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弹射 (tán shè) — to launch or catapult (e.g., a missile from a carrier); to eject (especially a pilot from an aircraft); (literary) to censure; to harshly criticize

Definition

弹射 (tánshè) literally means to 'shoot out by force' — used for catapult-launching aircraft from carriers or ejecting pilots from cockpits. In writing it also means harshly censuring something bad.

verb
to launch or catapult (e.g., a missile from a carrier)to eject (especially a pilot from an aircraft)(literary) to censureto harshly criticize

Examples

  • 弹射。
    Zhàn dòu jī cóng háng kōng mǔ jiàn shàng tán shè shēng kōng.
    The fighter jet launched from the aircraft carrier and rose into the sky.
  • 弹射。
    Fēi xíng yuán zài jǐn jí qíng kuàng xià chéng gōng tán shè chū cāng.
    The pilot successfully ejected from the cockpit in an emergency.
  • 弹射。
    Wén zhāng tán shè le shè huì shàng de bù liáng xiàn xiàng.
    The article harshly criticized the bad phenomena in society.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

弹tánspring
射shèshoot

弹 and 射 both involve shooting or launching, together meaning to propel or eject.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 彈; 弹 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
弓弓gōng
Sound part声符shēngfú
單
單dān彈tán
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 彈 pairs 弓 (bow) with the sound part 單; the simplified 弹 is a shorthand.

Open 弹 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

In 射, the left part comes from 弓 (bow) and 矢 (arrow), and the right part comes from a hand drawing the bowstring.

Open 射 →
Appears in
Military & Defense

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